Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

547. Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Bk III, Ch. XLVIII

548. Man seeks his own good at the whole world’s cost.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Luria (Braccio), Act I.

549. A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays: On Court Influence

550. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Old Proverb

551. Remembrance oft may start a tear.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Verses written under Violent Grief

552. The absent Danger greater still appears,
Less fears he who is near the thing he fears.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Tragedy of Cleopatra (Rodon), Act IV, Scene I